Adjustable cake-holding band.



A. C. CARLSON.

ADJUSTABLE CAKE HOLDING BAND.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. I914.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

INVE/V TOR s A w ADJUSTABLE CAKE-HOLDING- BAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed July 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,318.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMANDA C. CARLSON,citizen of the United States, residing at Cannon Falls, in the county ofGoodhue and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Adjustable Cake-Holding Bands; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an adjustable cake-holdingband; and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings :I*igure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved cakeholding band; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section,taken on the line 12 m of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

The numeral 1 indicates a thin sheet metal band or collar, the ends ofwhich are overlapped. One of the overlapped ends of said band is nally'extended slot 2 having lock notches 3; and the other of said ends hasrigidly secured thereto a headed stud A. The body of this stud 4 extendsthrough the slot 2, and the head thereof prevents lateral separation ofthe overlapped ends of the band 1. By moving the overlapped ends of theband 1 edgewise, with respect to each other, the body of the stud 4: maybe moved into interlocking engagement with any one of the notches 3, tohold the band 1 locked in different circumferential adjustments.

Mounted to slide on the band 1, is a metallic loop 5 having a knob orfinger piece 6, by which the loop may he slid on said band. This loop 5serves two purposes, to wit, it keeps the overlapped ends of the band 1against edgewise movement one upon the other, so that the stud 4: willremain inter- Gopies provided with a longitudi-.

of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing thelocked with the notches 3; and, second, it also serves to loosen thecake and frosting from the band when said loop is movedcircumferentially on the band.

Primarily, this cake-holding band is intended to be placed around abaked cake, and serves to prevent the frosting from running down thesides of the cake, when applied thereto. After the frosting is hard, theband may be removed from the cake, or may be left thereon and anordinary tin cover placed on said band, which band and cover, when thecake is resting on a plate, serve as a cake box, to prevent the cake andfrosting from drying out and getting hard. The improved band may be alsoapplied to a cake to prevent the same from being broken, when carriedfrom place to lace.

What I claim is 1. A circumferentially expansible and contractiblecake-holding band having over l'appedends, one of said ends beingprovided with a slot having lock notches, and the other of said endshaving a headed stud, the body of which projects through said slot forinterlocking engagement with any one of said notches-by edgewisemovements of the overlapped ends of the band, with respect to eachother, and a loop mounted on the band for holding the overlapped endsthereof against edgewise movement, with respect to each other, andarranged to slide copppletely around the band to loosen the ca *e.

2. A circumferentially expansible and contractible cake-holding bandhaving overlapped ends, and means including a scraping loop for holdingthe overlapped ends of the bands together, said scraping loop arrangedto slide completely around the band to loosen the cake.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMANDA C. CARLSON.

Witnesses:

FRED C. CARLsoN, T. B. JOHNSON.

Commissioner of Patents- Washington, D. C.

